Phanuel Egejuru

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Phanuel Egejuru
NationalityNigerian
EducationUniversity of Minnesota, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Occupation(s)Writer and academic

Phanuel Egejuru is a Nigerian writer and academician, whose areas of focus are composition, short fiction, Black literature and aesthetics, 19th-century British fiction and Victorian England.[1] She is best known for her 1993 novel The Seed Yams Have Been Eaten.[2][3]

Egejuru studied in Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast and France. She then attended the University of Minnesota, graduating magna cum laude in French. After moving to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), she obtained her MA, MPH and PhD in comparative literature.[1]

She taught at UCLA, and in Tanzania, New York, Nigeria and Rhode Island, before moving to Loyola Marymount University.[4]

Books[edit]

Egejuru's books include:

  • Black Writers, White Audience: A Critical Approach to African Literature (1978)[5]
  • Towards African Literary Independence: A Dialogue with Contemporary African Writers (1980)[6]
  • Chinua Achebe: Pure and Simple, An Oral Biography (2003)[7]
  • Womanbeing and Womanself: Characters in Black Women's Novels (2011)[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Phanuel Egejuru (Professor Emerita) Profile". Loyno.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Phanuel EGEJURU (Nigeria)- The seed yams have been eaten. Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria), 1993. Novel". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Books by Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru". Thriftbooks.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru Profile by Loyola University New Orleans, College of Arts and Sciences". Cas.loyno.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. ^ Review of Black Writers — White Audience:
    • Berrian, Brenda F. (December 1981). African Studies Review. 24 (4): 85–86. doi:10.2307/524321. JSTOR 524321.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Osundare, Niyi (1979). Présence Africaine. Nouvelle série. 110: 179–182. JSTOR 24349931.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Scott, Patrick G. (1980). Bulletin of the Southern Association of Africanists. 8 (1): 24.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. ^ Review of Towards African Literary Independence:
  7. ^ Review of Chinua Achebe:
  8. ^ Review of Womanbeing and Womanself:

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